In Reply to: RE: Yes and no posted by Rafaro on December 31, 2014 at 03:55:26:
Using an 8-10" would largely cancel-out the reasons I like the driver so much; the very large driver (of course a 15" has nearly 4x the area of an 8" driver) gives superb mid-bass/lower-mid impact and extremely low distortion given that excursion even at high SPLs is tiny (I can play the speakers at 100 dB in my huge room and I have to stare at the cone from a couple feet away to discern any movement at all).
I don't detect ill effects from beaming, though you're right, it must be occurring. I sit 10'-12' from the baffles which are 3' out from the wall and 2' from the side walls, with slight toe-in.
But your response is just the kind of thing I was looking for: you definitely highlighted a point of technical weakness with this design.
(As all of us with good experience have learned, there is no speaker at all without some weakness, no matter the price.)
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